I lifted this post from sl107.com



Posted February 01, 2005 08:02 PM
Ok, as long as you don't call a 107 a classic car - it's not. Even a Gullwing isn't a classic.

The term classic is over used today and means nothing. Even MB has jumped on the band wagon and they know better too.
The term ' Classic ' comes from the classic eara of automobile building from 1929 to 1946. These were rare hand built cars with no exspense spared and real mavels in their day. A real classic is a Cord, Dusenburg or a V 16 Cadillac. Those really are cool cars. I'm particularly fond on of Delhaye's - maybe the most beautiful cars ever made. If you ever get a chance to go to Pebble Beach or Meadow Brook and see these cars you would quickly agree with me.

I'm not trying to start anything or be smart here but there's a big difference between a mass produced car like a 107 and a v 12 Marmon. Even model T and model A Ford aren't classics - they were cheap cars made in the millions.

Classic cars have VERY strict criteria one of which is WHEN they were made and how they were made.

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